I missed so many good songs in the college. Season in the sun is one of them. Terry Jacks, West Life, or Nirvana? Nirvana’s version sounds like a lost and grumpy teenage where West Life’s version is flashy with unorganic emotions. It’s interesting that Terry’s simplicity hits just right spot.  Same thing happens to the classic ErHu music, Er2 Quan2 Ying4 Yue4 (Moon’s Reflection On ErQuan Spring). The blind author’s simple and almost coarse interpretation actually maximized the profound sadness of the music. Only a person that has been through all that hardness can tell the story in such a calm way, therefore, more touching than any.

Something to remember in the acting world.

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Terry Jacks

Seasons In The Sun Lyrics

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We’ve known each other since we’re nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC’s,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I’ll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.
Goodbye, Papa, it’s hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I’ll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.
Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye, Michelle, it’s hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev’rywhere.
I whish that we could both be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishs on the beach